When Megaupload executives arrive in court to answer charges that they orchestrated a massive online piracy scheme, they’ll be backed by a prominent lawyer who has defended Bill Clinton against sexual harassment charges and Enron against allegations of corporate fraud. …
Yahoo Inc. has denied allegations of copyright infringement and countersued Singapore Press Holdings Ltd. for using its content without authorization. Yahoo Southeast Asia said in a document filed with the High Court on Tuesday that copyright law does not protect …
A magician has been fined (euro) 12,205 ($16,725) by a Dutch court for putting a rival’s trick up his sleeve and trying to pass it off as his own. Hans Klok was sued for copyright infringement over a routine in …
With the conclusion of Major League Baseball’s 2011 World Series, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center (IPR Center) announced the results of “Operation Strike Out.” The one-month operation, …
Action movie star Sylvester Stallone is accused in a lawsuit of copying another writer’s screenplay to make “The Expendables,” a movie about mercenaries hired to defeat a military dictator. The lawsuit was filed in Manhattan federal court on Tuesday by …
A federal judge has ordered settlement talks in a multi-million-dollar dispute over bone castings from three famed tyrannosaurus rex specimens. Attorneys say the case is the first of its kind involving a copyright fight over dinosaur castings _ fossil replicas …
In a copyright infringement case at the heart of media company battles to win Internet viewers, an appeals court grappled on Tuesday over whether to revive Viacom Inc’s landmark $1 billion lawsuit against Google Inc’s YouTube. Media conglomerate Viacom , …
The organization in charge of the Internet’s address system is taking over a database widely used by computers and websites to keep track of time zones around the world. The transition to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, …
A Chippewa Falls polka musician has won a court battle involving his ex-wife and her new husband, who he accuses of stealing one of his most popular tunes. Ray Rubenzer filed a federal copyright infringement lawsuit in June. He said …